On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Philip Webb wrote:
> 991113 Klaus Weide wrote:
> > With ^Xe, something like ^E^E wouldn't really be necessary.
>
> also, i seem to remember some people (LV?) have problems with ^e^e .
I hazard the guess that none of the folks "having problems" with ^E^E
have once tried it. Prove me wrong...
> > So is it acceptable to change ^X for all bindings?
> > Is nobody speaking up in favor of keeping ^X==ERASE?
> > typing ^X in the line editor doesn't give an immediate indication
> > that Lynx is waiting for another key.
>
> a good point: why not add a command-line message?
That just doesn't fit in well. Neither-code-wise, nor functionality-
wise IMO.
When I use a 'C-x <something>' combination in a shell with emacs
bindings, I don't get a special prompt either. It would just be
distracting. Consider 'C-x <something>' as one (extended) key...
(and actually it just one keypress for me, with ESC in place of C-x
and Alt+<something> sending 'ESC <something>').
> eg "^x is the text-area escape character: please enter a Lynx command".
It is NOT the text-area escape character. How often do I have to repeat
that? :)
Klaus
